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Definition: Age |
AgeNoun1. How long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age". 2. A historic period; "we live in a litigious age". 3. A time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld". 4. Late time of life; "old age is not for sissies," "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood". 5. A prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years". Verb1. Begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast". 2. Grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!". 3. Make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "age" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Age \Age\ ([=a]j), noun. [Old French aage, eage, French [^a]ge, from Latin aetas through a supposed Late Latin aetaticum. Latin aetas is contracted from aevitas, from aevum lifetime, age; akin to English aye ever. Compare to Each.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | AGE, n. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we have no longer the enterprise to commit. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
19th Century Satire | Something to brag about in your wine-cellar and forget in a birth-day book. The boast of an old vintage, the bug a boo of an old maid. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Aerospace | (Abbreviation) = aerospace ground equipment. See GSE. (references) |
Bible | Age used to denote the period of a man's life (Gen. 47:28), the maturity of life (John 9:21), the latter end of life (Job 11:17), a generation of the human race (Job 8:8), and an indefinite period (Eph. 2:7; 3:5, 21; Col. 1:26). Respect to be shown to the aged (Lev. 19:32). It is a blessing to communities when they have old men among them (Isa. 65:20; Zech. 8:4). The aged supposed to excel in understanding (Job 12:20; 15:10; 32:4, 9; 1 Kings 12:6, 8). A full age the reward of piety (Job 5:26; Gen. 15:15). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Census | Age is generally derived from date of birth information, and is based on the age of the person in complete years. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of age, portends failures in any kind of undertaking. To dream of your own age, indicates that perversity of opinion will bring down upon you the indignation of relatives. For a young woman to dream of being accused of being older than she is, denotes that she will fall into bad companionship, and her denial of stated things will be brought to scorn. To see herself looking aged, intimates possible sickness, or unsatisfactory ventures. If it is her lover she sees aged, she will be in danger of losing him. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | A)the mean age of the trees constituting a of a forest, crop or stand. In practice, in even-aged forests, the mean age of dominant and sometimes also co-dominant trees is taken, and the age of a plantation is generally taken, from the year in which it was formed, i. e. exclusive of the age of the nursery stock then brought to it; b)of a tree, the time elapsed since germination of the seed, or the budding of e. g. the sprout or cutting from which it developed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Time elapsed from the beginning of birth or birth of an object or a being to any given time; in a living individual, measured in years; the latter part of life. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The formal geochronologic unit of lowest rank, below epoch, during which the rocks of the corresponding stage were formed b. A term used informally to designate a length of geologic time during which the rocks of any stratigraphic unit were formed c. A division of time of unspecified duration in the history of the Earth, characterized by a dominant or important type of life form; e.g., the age of mammals d. The time during which a particular geologic event or series of events occurred or was marked by special physical conditions; e.g., the age of mammals. (references) |
Statistics | The injured worker's age(at last birthday), in years, at the time of the occurrence. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Age can refer to:
- how old one is. See senescence article for detailed discussion.
- a district in Mie. See Age, Mie.
- a period of pre-history. See Three-age system.
- age is a command used in 2ch, a foremost BBS in Japan.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Age."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Senescence is the state or process of aging. The word senescence is derived from the Latin word senex, meaing "old man" or "old age."Cellular senescence refers to a phenomena where isolated cells demonstrate a limited ability to divide in culture. Organismal senescence refers to the aging of organisms.
Organismal aging is generally characterized by the declining ability to respond to stress, increasing homeostatic imbalance and increased risk of disease. Because of this, death is the ultimate consequence of aging.
Genetic and environmental interventions are known to affect the life span of model organsims. This gives many hope that human aging can be slowed or changed. Dietary calorie restriction, by 30 percent for example, extends the life span of yeast, worms, flies, mice, and monkeys. Several genes are known to be necessary for this extension, and modification of these genes is also sufficient to produce the same effect as diet.
Theories of aging
The process of senescence is complex, and may derive from a variety of different mechanisms and exist for a variety of different reasons. Senescence is a universal biological phenomea, at least amongst eukaryotic organisms. Yet the average lifespan within and between species can very greatly. This suggests that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to aging.
Theories that explain senescence can generally be divided between the programmed and error theories of aging. Programmed theories imply that aging is regulated by biological clocks operating throughout the life span. This regulation would depend on changes in gene expression that affect the systems responsible for maintenance, repair and defense responses. Error theories blame environmental insults to living organisms that induce cummulative damage at various levels as the cause of aging (e.g., DNA damage, oxygen radicals, cross-linking).
One potential cause of senescence is the accumulation of mutations in DNA, eventually leading to the progressive loss of key genes. Another is the shortening of telomeres in the process of DNA replication during cell division.
Evolutionary theories
One view is that it is due to a particular DNA programming that has the sole purpose to "clean" Earth from old genes and assure offspring better living conditions through benign mutations.
One possible mechanism may be "senescence genes". Genes which have a deleterious effect on individual's fitness are selected against by natural selection. Mutations in these genes which postpone the deleterious effect of the gene to a later time in individual's life history reduce the effect of natural selection to the gene, because the selection has less time to act on it. If the gene doesn't have a negatgive effect until after the individual has reproduced, the gene may escape natural selection altogether, because when selection starts to affect the gene, it has already propagated to the next generation.
Gene regulation
Lately research on a worm called Caenorhabditis elegans have demonstrated that aging is in part regulated by genes. The worm's short life span can be increased by more than 200 percent through genetic engineering. For example, mutations that affect insulin-like signaling in worms, flies and mice are associated with extended lifespan.
Cellular senescence
Lately the role of telomeres has aroused general interest, especially with a view to the possible genetically adverse effects of cloning. The successive shortening of the chromosomal telomeres with each cell cycle is also believed to influence the vitality of the cell, thus contributing to aging. There have, on the other hand, also been reports that cloning could alter the shortening of telomeres.
Free radicals
It is also suggested that damage caused by free radicals in the body are in part responsible for aging.
Reliability theory
Suggests that paradoxical conjecture that biological systems start their adult life with a high load of initial damage.
Neuro-endocrine-immuno theories
Senescence may also simply be a result of wear and tear overwhelming repair mechanisms. It is also possible that senescence is a mechanism to control the development and spread of cancer; if cells have built-in limits to how many times they can replicate, they must somehow overcome this before they can spread indefinitely.
Misc
Recently, early senescence has appeared as a possible unintended outcome of early cloning experiments, notably in the case of Dolly the sheep.
A set of rare hereditary (genetic) disorders, each called progeria, has been known for some time. Sufferers exhibit symptoms resembling accelerated aging, including wrinkled skin. The cause of Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome was reported in the journal Nature in May 2003. This report suggests that DNA damage, not oxidative stress, is the cause of this form of accelerated aging.
Artificially-induced senescence, as a means of control over artificially-created humans, or androids, is a central plot motivation in the renowned 1982 science fiction film "Blade Runner", loosely based on Philip K. Dick's (1968) novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep".
Centenarian is a person who has attained the age of 100 years or more.
Smoking cigarettes accelerates senescence, or leads to premature senescence. Smokers age faster than non-smokers.
See also Advanced adult, Cigarette, and Rejuvenation.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Senescence."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AGE | English | Amarillo Grain Exchange | Food & Agriculture |
AGE | French | Analyse des gaz émis | Chemical Industry, Meteorology & Standards |
AGE | Italian | Acido grasso essenziale | Chemistry, Medicine |
AGE | Portuguese | Acordo Geral sobre o Empréstimo | N/A |
AGE | Spanish | Acuerdo General de Empréstito | Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AgeSynonyms: eld (n), geezerhood (n), long time (n), old age (n), years (n), get on (v), maturate (v), mature (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: rejuvenate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Period | Noun: period, age, era; second, minute, hour, day, week, month, quarter, year, decade, decenniumm lustrum, quinquennium, lifetime, generation; epoch, ghurry, lunation, moon. |
Time | Era, epoch; time of life, age, year, date; decade; (period); moment; (instant). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Behold, the dawn of a new age. My mutant plants have the strength of the deadliest animals (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) When I was your age, I flipped burgers just to be able to buy an eight-track (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Her eyes alone told the story of her age, staring out from under her doll-like curls, with a questioning that will one day need an answer (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Two of them were killers that never made it past the age of 35. The other is a non-practicing attorney, living within the pain of his past, too afraid to let go, finding reassurance instead of confronting its horror (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) | |
Lyrics | My friends say I should act my age (What's My Age Again?; performing artist: Blink-182) The age is 20, I'm from the south (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited) My love won't age at all (I Swear; performing artist: All-4-One) Age to age you're still the same ("El Shaddai"; performing artist: Amy Grant) But why in spite of our age difference do I cry (Clair; performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan) | |
Clever | Age is important only if you're cheese and wine. (references; author: unknown) If things get better with age, I'm approaching magnificent! (references; author: unknown) A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. (references; author: unknown) You've reached middle age when the phone rings on Saturday night you pray it isn't for you. (references; author: unknown) Middle age starts when you have been warned to slow down, not by a motorcycle cop, but by your doctor. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ice Age (2002) Age of Consent (1969) Cynthia 30 Is a Dangerous Age (1968) The Early Years NBC White Paper: The Age of Kennedy - Part I (1966) A Man in His Best Age (1966) | |
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 | A 10 year-old white girl is pictured here with her father in a swimming pool. She was diagnosed at age three with a form of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) that did not respond to therapy. She is presently in long-term remission after an experimental bone marrow transplant was performed. She now suffers from chronic GVH (Graft Versus Host Disease) which is rare. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | A 9 year-old white child is pictured here in a home setting chatting with her mother. The girl is a long-term survivor of massive abdominal surgery at age 3 for neuroblastoma. She is presently disease-free. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Map showing incidence of H. influenzae non-type b invasive disease among children <5 years of age, per 100,000 population, United States, 1996. Credit: CDC. |  | Bar graph showing AIDS cases by age and sex, reported 1981-1996, United States. Credit: CDC. |
 | New Animation Depicts Changs in Antarctic Ice Sheet For the first time, scientists at NASA have generated a computer model depicting changes in the Antarctic ice sheet since the peak of the last ice age - nearly 20,000 years ago. The West Antarctic ice. Credit: NASA. |  | On the border between Chile and the Catamarca province of Argentina lies a vast field of currently dormant volcanoes. Over time, these volcanoes have laid down a crust of magma roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) thick. It is tinged with a patina of various colors that can indicate both the age and mineral content of the original lava flows. Credit: NASA. |
 | Extensive wetlands lie near the town of Yellowknife, near the Great Slave Lake in Northwest Territories, Canada. The shallow lakes seen in this image have formed in grooves in the landscape that were carved by glaciers during the last Ice Age. Credit: NASA. |  | Preparing to pull tooth of large sedated polar bear - Ursus maritimus. Bears were measured and tagged for future study. Teeth were pulled to study age and general health of bears. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | George Davidson In middle age. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Scientist obtaining otolith (ear bone) for age determination. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Meeting of the ages outside of" by Chuck Reynolds Commentary: "An older lady talking with a middle age guy outside of Starbucks in Beverly Hills, california, waiting for the bus." | "Baby_lily 4" by archgimp Commentary: "People said they wanted some pix of babies - so here's some early ones of my lily - now age 11 days old." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | A new age style excerpt featuring a digital bass, percussion, and piano. | | A new age, world music style piece with synthesizers and bamboo flute. |
| New age pop style tune typical of the early 1980's. | | Thick synthesized texture with guitar playing in a new age or world music style. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Amos Bronson Alcott | The surest sign of age is loneliness. |
Ben Johnson | Talking is the disease of age. |
Francis Bacon | Age will not be defied. |
George Burns | At my age flowers scare me. |
Henri Estienne | If youth but knew; if age but could. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | All diseases run into one. Old age. |
Sarah Orne Jewett | Wrecked on the lee shore of age. |
Sophocles | No falsehood lingers on into old age. |
William Hazlitt | The worst old age is that of the mind. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | If, however, the heir of any one of the aforesaid has been under age and in wardship, let him have his inheritance without relief and without fine when he comes of age. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | If such a state of reason, such an age of discretion made him free, the same shall make his son free too. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 3: No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1996 | But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age,* and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | All are instruments of labour, more or less expensive to use, according to their age and sex. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Employment of children: (a) Minimum age of employment; (b) During the night; (c) In unhealthy processes. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | The dark ages may return, the Stone Age may return on the gleaming wings of science, and what might now shower immeasurable material blessings upon mankind, may even bring about its total destruction. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. (reference) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support--to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective--to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak--and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | What is passable in youth is detestable in later age. |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | Think of some other man, the same age as this poor wretch |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | But we perhaps exaggerate the grey or sable tinge, which undoubtedly characterised the mood and manners of the age. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Beyond the five or six great exceptions, which are the wonder of their age, contemporary admiration is nothing but shortsightedness |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | For ever! For all eternity! Not for a year or for an age but for ever |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Weigh it but with the grossness of this age, You break not sanctuary in seizing him. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Al knew that even he had inspired some admiration among boys of his own age because his brother had killed a man. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I desired that the senate of Rome might appear before me in one large chamber, and an assembly of somewhat a latter age in counterview in another |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost |
Measure for Measure | William Shakespeare | Thou hast nor youth nor age, but, as it were, an after-diner's sleep, dreaming on both |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Affects all age groups. (references) | |
Her age was unusual, however. (references) | ||
Age is not taken into account. (references) | ||
Business | This trend is observed for all adult age groups. (references) | |
The age group 65-79 is the most frequent listeners. (references) | ||
Interestingly, consumers of all age groups purchase via mail order. (references) | ||
Children | Dominica | The age of consent for sexual relations is 16 years. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | By age 9, most children are segregated by sex in school. (references) | |
Uganda | LDU's may recruit children under the age of 18 with parental consent. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Saint Lucia | A second male, age 34, was arrested a day later. (references) |
Algeria | Islam does not recognize conversion to other faiths at any age. (references) | |
Ghana | It was reported that 155 children up to age 5 received the vaccine. (references) | |
Discrimination | Hong Kong | The Committee also urged Hong Kong to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and age. (references) |
Tanzania | Discrimination based on sex, age, or disability is not prohibited specifically by law but is discouraged publicly in official statements. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Human rights groups continued to call for laws specifically targeting, among other problems, public or private discrimination based on race and age. (references) | |
Economic History | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Years compulsory--up to age 15. (references) |
Uk | The latter is mandatory until age 16. (references) | |
Fiji | Age structure: 33% under 15, 4% over 65. (references) | |
Human Rights | Hungary | The retirement age of the Constitutional Court judges is 70 years. (references) |
Malaysia | Male criminals age 50 and above and women are exempted from caning. (references) | |
Macedonia | The group included women, children, and the elderly as well as males of fighting age. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Dominica | Carib Indians over the age of 18 who reside there are eligible to vote for the Chief and eight members of the Council of Advisors. (references) |
Mexico | The 2000 census lists the total indigenous population as 8.65 million: 6.8 million native indigenous dialect speakers over 5 years of age, 1.3 million children under 5 who live in households of native indigenous dialect speakers, and 1.1 million individuals who identified themselves as indigenous, but do not speak an indigenous dialect. (references) | |
Minorities | Romania | Illiteracy among Roma over 45 years of age approaches 30 percent. (references) |
Political Economy | COSTA RICA | Laws prohibit forced and bonded labor and establish age limitations. (references) |
Western Sahara | Regulations on the minimum age of employment are the same as in Morocco. (references) | |
SWEDEN | Employees under age 18 may work only during daytime and under supervision. (references) | |
Political Rights | Jordan | The voting age was lowered from 19 to 18 years. (references) |
Uganda | Universal suffrage is accorded to adults 18 years of age and older. (references) | |
Samoa | Matai are selected by family agreement; there is no age qualification. (references) | |
Trade | Burma | Although regulations set a minimum employment age and wage, and maximum work hours, these are not uniformly observed, especially in private factories and other establishments. (references) |
Pakistan | Items on the "negative" list include: translations of the Holy Koran without Arabic text; goods bearing words or inscriptions of a religious connotation; obscene pictures, writings, or inscriptions; horror comics; obscene, subversive and anti-Islamic literature; products and by-products of pigs, hogs, boars, or swine; fireworks; tanks and armored vehicles; artillery weapons; revolvers and pistols of prohibited bores; parlor games; gambling equipment; sculptures, worked ivory, alcoholic beverages, hazardous wastes, rollable scrap, woven fabrics of cotton, woven fabrics of synthetic stable fibers, carpets and other floor coverings, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, bed linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen, tarpaulin and tents, curtains and other furnishing articles and antiques exceeding one hundred years in age. (references) | |
Travel | Finland | The cost to rent an apartment varies depending on the size, age, condition and location. (references) |
Women | Kenya | FGM usually is performed at an early age. (references) |
Singapore | Sexual intercourse with girls under the age of 16 is illegal. (references) | |
Malawi | Male literacy in the same age group is approximately 45 percent. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guinea | Apprentices may start to work at 14 years of age. (references) |
Taiwan | County and city labor bureaus enforce minimum age laws. (references) | |
Belarus | The law establishes 16 as the minimum age for employment. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ABRACADABRA. By Abracadabra we signify An infinite number of things. 'Tis the answer to What? and How? and Why? And Whence? and Whither? -- a word whereby The Truth (with the comfort it brings) Is open to all who grope in night, Crying for Wisdom's holy light. Whether the word is a verb or a noun Is knowledge beyond my reach. I only know that 'tis handed down. From sage to sage, From age to age -- An immortal part of speech! Of an ancient man the tale is told That he lived to be ten centuries old, In a cave on a mountain side. (True, he finally died.) The fame of his wisdom filled the land, For his head was bald, and you'll understand His beard was long and white And his eyes uncommonly bright. Philosophers gathered from far and near To sit at his feat and hear and hear, Though he never was heard To utter a word But "Abracadabra, abracadab, Abracada, abracad, Abraca, abrac, abra, ab!" 'Twas all he had, 'Twas all they wanted to hear, and each Made copious notes of the mystical speech, Which they published next -- A trickle of text In the meadow of commentary. Mighty big books were these, In a number, as leaves of trees; In learning, remarkably -- very! He's dead, As I said, And the books of the sages have perished, But his wisdom is sacredly cherished. In Abracadabra it solemnly rings, Like an ancient bell that forever swings. O, I love to hear That word make clear Humanity's General Sense of Things. Jamrach Holobom |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | I'm very happy. I'm doing what I love to do. I have finally reached the age where I realize that while I might not be the brightest guy in the room, I probably have more wisdom than the rest of them. |
Bob Barker | We really should. At my age, to be doing something that I thoroughly enjoy and being well paid for it, I'm blessed. |
Dennis Miller | I've always been sympathetic to women's dilemmas because, coming of age in the seventies, I quickly caught on that women wanted it all. |
John McCain | I think he's fine. Those are really routine. Almost all of us who reach, you know, a certain age those things come out, because we were so much exposed to the sun when we were children, and that's an extremely minor thing. |
Mariane Pearl | Well, that's what I was doing. And then we went back to a hotel and put the TV on and saw like in the middle age there and we saw the first just collapse like in front of us. It was pretty real. That's how we found out. |
Prince Albert of Monaco | Yeah, yeah. You know, sometimes the press says, oh, I'm closer to Stephanie because I'm closer in age, or that I spend more time with her. But I'm equally close to Caroline as I am to Stephanie. |
Rush Limbaugh | That age of civility is over. |
Sela Ward | That's right, Roland Emmerich directed, and I just finished my work on it actually in Montreal and it should be one of those big, big interesting movies. The Ice Age comes to Manhattan. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Such is the spectacle which the deputed authorities of a nation boasting its religion and morality have not been restrained from presenting to an enlightened age. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The combination in Florida for the unlawful purposes stated, the acts perpetrated by that combination, and, above all, the incitement of the Indians to massacre our fellow citizens of every age and of both sexes, merited a like treatment and received it. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | For in that body rests the best hope of our age for the assertion of that law by which all nations may live in dignity. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Today it is feeding one out of every four school age children in Latin America an extra food ration from our farm surplus. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | We all face sickness someday, and some more often than we wish, and old age as well. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | In a nuclear age, each of us is threatened when peace is not secured everywhere. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | It's the most hopeful possibility of the nuclear age. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Well, we're going to have to set the economy free, for if this age of miracles and wonders has taught us anything, it's that if we can change the world, we can change America. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | All our people, of whatever age, must have a chance to learn new skills. |
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| "Age" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Age" is used about 21,780 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.9% | 21,758 | 412 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.05% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.03% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.02% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21,780 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "age" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Age | Last name | 170 | 53,176 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "age". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Bul | N/A | Biblical | Old age |
| Cnidus | N/A | Biblical | Age |
| Kedemoth | N/A | Biblical | Old age |
| Kish | N/A | Biblical | For age |
| Obal | N/A | Biblical | Inconvenience of old age |
| Sabeans | N/A | Biblical | Old age |
| Sabtah | N/A | Biblical | Old age |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "age": a dog's age ♦ a green old age ♦ a man of middle age ♦ above an age ♦ absolute age ♦ actual age ♦ adult age ♦ advanced age ♦ advanced for his age ♦ age admitted ♦ age attained ♦ age bracket ♦ age class ♦ age dependency ratio ♦ age difference ♦ Age Distribution ♦ age equation ♦ Age Factors ♦ age group ♦ Age Groups ♦ age hardening ♦ age last birthday ♦ age limit ♦ age long ♦ age norm ♦ Age of a tide ♦ Age of coal plants ♦ Age of consent ♦ age of discretion ♦ age of enlightenment ♦ Age of Fishes ♦ Age of gold ♦ Age of invertebrates ♦ age of majority ♦ Age of mammals ♦ age of Man ♦ age of moon ♦ Age of Onset ♦ age of puberty ♦ age of reason ♦ age of Reptiles ♦ age of road vehicle ♦ age of the tide ♦ age of the victim ♦ age of youth ♦ age pyramid ♦ age somewhat ♦ anatomical age ♦ anticipated old age pension ♦ at an early age ♦ at such a tender age ♦ at the age of ♦ atomic age ♦ attain the age of eighteen ♦ Augustan age ♦ average age ♦ average age of the pupils ♦ awkward age ♦ azoic age ♦ be age ♦ be of age ♦ be on the age of ♦ be over age ♦ be under age ♦ bear one's age well ♦ behind the age ♦ bone age ♦ Brazen age ♦ bronze age ♦ bronze age man ♦ Carboniferous age ♦ certificate of completion of egb course at age 14 ♦ child under school age ♦ children of school age ♦ chronological age ♦ come of age ♦ coming of age ♦ complaints of old age ♦ computer age ♦ coon's age ♦ dark age ♦ declining age ♦ defiant age ♦ developmental age ♦ Devonian age ♦ disparity in age ♦ disproportion in age ♦ dog's age ♦ drinking age ♦ elizabethan age ♦ Eolithic Age ♦ exact age ♦ Fabulous age ♦ feel one's age ♦ fertilization age ♦ fetal age ♦ Flint age ♦ Full age ♦ Gestational Age ♦ get a middle age ♦ golden age. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "age": Age-adjusted, age-appropriate, age-associated, age-band, age-barred, age-barrier, age-based, age-blackened, age-bound, age-bump, age-by-sex, age-changes, age-class, age-companion, age-corrected, age-dependent, age-diameter, age-difference, age-discrimination, age-free, age-gap, age-graded, age-grades, age-grading, age-group, age-groupings, age-groups, age-harden, age-hardened, age-heaping, age-hold, age-inappropriate, age-incidence, age-life, age-limit, age-limits, age-linked, age-long, age-match, age-matched, age-mate, age-mates, age-migration, age-mixed, age-mottled, age-of-acquisition, age-of-consent, age-old, age-or, age-participation, age-peers, age-phase, age-range, age-regressed, age-regression, age-related, age-relations, age-restrictive, age-roles, age-scale, age-selective, age-set, age-sets, age-sex, age-sex, age-shifting, age-span, age-specific, age-specification, age-specificity, age-spots, age-standardised, age-structure, age-structured, age-swap, age-type, age-types, age-weighted, age-well, age-wise, age-worn. | |
Ending with "age": all-age, bronze-age, coming-of-age, ice-age, Iron-age, jet-age, late-age, new-age, old-age, over-age, space-age, stone-age, teen-age, under-age, working-age. | |
Containing "age": inter-age-group, old-age care, old-age insurance, old-age-oriented, small-for-gestational-age infant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
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new age | 4,535 | ice age movie | 282 |
age of mythology | 2,807 | the age | 265 |
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new age music | 2,473 | age of consent | 252 |
dark age camelot | 2,056 | age cheat golden lost sun | 245 |
ice age | 1,703 | stone age | 220 |
age of empire 2 | 1,242 | age anxiety poet | 214 |
age | 1,202 | age golden grotesque | 212 |
golden sun lost age | 1,180 | advertising age | 212 |
age golden lost sun through walk | 1,003 | age cd key mythology | 197 |
age of empire cheat | 889 | age of empire cheat code | 193 |
middle age | 881 | drinking age | 188 |
age cheat mythology | 762 | age of anxiety | 187 |
age of empire 2 cheat | 702 | under age | 175 |
age of empire ii | 505 | age cheat empire ii | 173 |
dark age | 493 | age of empire download | 166 |
age of wonder | 382 | zelda oracle of age | 166 |
age discrimination | 382 | jazz age | 162 |
age spot | 356 | new age gift | 154 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "age"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | ouderdom. (various references) | |
Albanian | moshë (year). (various references) | |
Arabic | متوسط (average, central, intermediary, intermediate, mean, medial, median, mediocre, medium, middle, middling, moderate, ordinary, pass, poorly), هرم (aged, chop, he is getting on, old man, pyramid), قدم (advance, antiquity, arrive, be age-old, become old, become timeworn, bring forward, bring out, chip, come, come back, display, extend, foot, get to, give in, move forward, obsolescence, offer, peg, precede, present, produce, proffer, reach, return, set forth, show, submit, tender, turn in), سن (dent, hone, nib, notch, prong, sharp, tine, tooth), عمر, عصر (compress, compressing, crush, date, eon, epoch, era, period, press, ream, squeeze, strain, time, update, wring), طور (develop, evolve, improve, incubate, phase, promote, stage), إنضج (become round, mature, ripen, season), شيخ (greybeard, old, seed), دهر (aeon, eon, epoch, era), دور (circle, cycle, floor, function, part, place, refrain, role, round, say, storey, turn). (various references) | |
Basque | adin. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | състарявам, старост (adulthood, anility, anno, anno domini, antiquity, old age, senility), старея, възраст (years old), вечност (aeon, eternity, everlasting, imperishability, infinity, perpetuity), век (centenary, centennial, century, cycle, epoch, period), остарявам (become adult, get old, get on in years, go grey, grow old, olden), отлежавам (mature, season), епоха (chapter, date, epoch, era, period), период (circle, cycle, date, epoch, period, phase, repetend, season, spell, term, time). (various references) | |
Catalan | edat. (various references) | |
Chinese | 齡 , 紀 (discipline, era, order, period, record), 庚 (7th heavenly stem, bed, couch), 時代 (epoch, era, period), 歲數 , 年龄, 年齡 , 年紀 , 年代 (a decade of a century, era, period), 代 (dynasty, era, generation, geological era, period, replace, substitute), 世 (era, generation, life, lifetime, world). (various references) | |
Czech | zrát (gather, ripe, ripen), vìk (era), vìènost (aeon, beyond, Eon, eternity, immortality, perpetuity), věk, uležet se, stárnout (fade away, get old, grow old), stáří (old age), léta, doba (date, epoch, period, space, spell, term, tide, time, times, while). (various references) | |
Danish | alder (age (geological), complete year), epoke (epoch, era). (various references) | |
Dutch | ouderdom (old age, senility), leeftijd. (various references) | |
Esperanto | aĝo, epoko (epoch, era). (various references) | |
Faeroese | aldur, tíðarvend (epoch, era). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیری (Senility), پیرنماکردن , پیرشدن , سن بلوغ (Puberty), سن , عمر (Life, Lifetime), عصر (Afternoon, Epoch, Era, Period), دوره (Career, Circuit, Epoch, Era, Periphery, Set, Space, Stadium, Stretch, Term). (various references) | |
Finnish | ikä (life, lifetime). (various references) | |
French | âge (chronological age), époque. (various references) | |
Frisian | âldens. (various references) | |
German | alter (antiqueness, Hoar, old age, seniority), Lebensdauer (length of life, life, life cycle, life span, lifespan, lifetime). (various references) | |
Greek | ηλικία, εποχή (epoch, era, season, time). (various references) | |
Guarani | javegua (of the same age). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | moshë. (various references) | |
Hebrew | להזקין, להזדקן (grow old), תקופה (cycle, epoch, era, period, season, space, stage, streak, term, time), עת (era, period, season, term, time), דור (epoch, era, generation), גיל (delight, exultation, gladness, glee, joy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kor (cycle, epoch, era, estate, period, times we live in), életkor. (various references) | |
Icelandic | aldur. (various references) | |
Indonesian | abad (centanary, century, epoch, era, time), zaman (era), usia, umur (old). (various references) | |
Irish | aois, ré (period). (various references) | |
Italian | età (generation, years). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 年齢 (years), 代 (generation, society, world). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いちだい (a generation, lifetime, one large..., one machine, one vehicle), としは (years), としごろ (adolescence, age of puberty, for some years, marriageable age), じゅれい (age of a tree, life, long life), よ (generation, more than, over, society, world), よわい (delicate, frail, tender, unskilled, weak), とし (city, dying in vain, municipal, town, urban, year), ろう (belvedere, bend over, comforting, labor, lookout, old age, old people, puttingto work, striving, thanking, the aged, the old, toil, tower, trouble, turret, wax), ねんぱい (elderly, years), せいねん (adult age, majority, prime of life, the year of a person's birth, young man, youth), ほうき (abandonment, abdication, broom, fragrant scent, outstanding individual, renunciation, resignation, revolt, sweet seventeen, the law, treasured article or vessel, uprising), まんねんれい, ねんし (beginning of the year, New Year's call, New Year's greetings, twining of thread or yarn, twisted thread or yarn), ねんだい (date, era, period), ねんれい (New Year's greetings, years), エージ . (various references) | |
Korean | 나이. (various references) | |
Lombard | etaa. (various references) | |
Malay | umur. (various references) | |
Manx | seihll (existence, life, lifetime, public, span, world), amm (epoch, period, puberty). (various references) | |
Norwegian | alder. (various references) | |
Occitan | edat. (various references) | |
Papiamen | edat, époka (epoch, era). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | age. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ageay.(various references) | |
Polish | wiek (centennial, century). (various references) | |
Portuguese | idade (ages, epoch, period). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | idade. (various references) | |
Romanian | se învechi (pass, stale), învechi, epocã (aeon, date, day, epoch, era, period, time), etate, ev (century, epoch), generaţie (descent, generation, remove), lãsa sã se învecheascã, îmbãtrâni (decay, get old, grow old, wax old), perioadã (cycle, date, day, distance, epoch, era, lapse, period, repetend, season, stadium, stage, streak, term, tide, time), vreme (date, day, era, tide, time, times, weather, while), secol (centennial, century, period), timp (beat, course, cycle, date, day, distance, epoch, era, hour, length, period, season, tense, term, time, weather, while), timp îndelungat, vârstã (century, year), vîrstå, veac (century, epoch, eternity, period, time), vechime (Hoar, seniority), majorat (full age, majority). (various references) | |
Russian | возраст (ages, time). (various references) | |
Scottish | aois. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vek (century, era, life, time), starost (old age, senility), stariti (olden), period (period, time, while), doba života. (various references) | |
Spanish | edad (term, time, year, years). (various references) | |
Swahili | umri. (various references) | |
Swedish | ålder. (various references) | |
Tagalog | gulang, edád. (various references) | |
Thai | ช่วงหลังของชีวิต (old age), อายุวัยกลางคน (middle age), คนรุ่นหนุ่มรุ่นสาว (teen, teen age). (various references) | |
Turkish | asır (centenary, century), yax, yaşlanmak (be getting on in years, fatten, get old, grow old), yaşlandırmak, yaşlılık (old age, senescence, senile, senility), yaş (dank, humid, sappy, wet, winter, year), yıpratmak (batter, chafe, corrode, fray, fray out, frazzle, fret, thumb, wear, wear away, wear down), reşit olma, kocamak (grow old), ihtiyarlamak (get old, grow old), erginlik (adulthood, discretion, matureness, nubility, puberty, ripeness), devir (alienation, assignation, assignment, cession, circle, circulation, circumvolution, currency, cycle, disposal, epoch, era, Eyre, grant, gyration, period, release, Rev, revolution, rotation, rounder, spin, take over, transfer, transference, turnover), çağ (epoch, era, period, time, times). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яaю (secret, teardrop, young), gojalyk, garrylyk (old age), garramak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | старість (anility, anno domini, dilapidation, hoariness), старіти (become old, become senile, get old, grow old, olden), старезність (anility, caducity, decrepitude, senility), старити, вік (centenary, century, years), витримувати (bear, carry, carry off, hold up, last, live, sweat out, tolerate, weather), визрівати, епоха (date, day, epoch, period), літа, повноліття (emancipation, majority), період (cycle, date, day, hour, period, spell), доба (date, era). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tuổi tác thời đại, tuổi già sung sướng tuổi già, tuổi tuổi già, hàng thế kỷ tuổi già. (various references) | |
Welsh | oes (lifetime), oedran (full age), oed (time), heneiddio (grow old). (various references) | |
Yucatec | u ha'abil. (various references) | |
Zulu | ubudala. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | aion. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | absaniae, aetas, aetate, aetatem, aetates, aetatis, aevi, aevo, aevum, ætas, ævum, anani, anania, ananiae, ananiaeque, ananiam, ananias, aneni, anes, ani, anni, annis, anno, annorum, annos, annum, annus, anos, anus, die, diebus, diei, diem, dierum, dierumque, dies, evi, hanni, minor, minore, minorem, minores, minori, minoribus, minoris, natibus, natu, natum, natus, saecula saeculorum, vetera, veteravit, veterem, veteres, veterescat, veterescent, veterescet, veterescit, veterescunt. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 9, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dia touto oi goneiV autou eipon oti hlikian ecei auton erwthsate |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Propterea parentes eius dixerunt quia aetatem habet ipsum interrogate |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | For-þam cwæðen hys mages. he hafð ylde axioð hyne sylfe. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor his fadir and modir seiden, That he hath age, axe ye hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Therefore sayde his father and mother: he is olde ynough axe him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 9, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Tungod niini ang iyang mga ginikanan nanag-ingon, "Siya daku na; pangutan-a lang siya ninyo." |
| Croatian | Zbog toga rekoše njegovi roditelji: "Punoljetan je, njega pitajte!" |
| Danish | Derfor sagde hans Forældre: "Han er gammel nok, spørger ham selv!" |
| Dutch | Daarom zeiden zijn ouders: Hij heeft zijn ouderdom, vraagt hemzelven. |
| Finnish | Sentähden hänen vanhempansa sanoivat: "Hänellä on kyllin ikää, kysykää häneltä". |
| French | C`est pourquoi ses parents dirent: Il a de l`âge, interrogez-le lui-même. |
| German | Darum sprachen seine Eltern: er ist alt genug, fraget ihn selbst. |
| Haitian Creole | Se poutèt sa papa l' ak manman l' te di: li ase gran, li ka reponn li menm. Nou mèt mande li. |
| Hungarian | Ezért mondák annak szülei, hogy: Elég idõs, õt kérdezzétek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Itu sebabnya ibu bapak orang itu berkata, "Ia sudah dewasa; tanya saja kepadanya." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Oleh sebab itu kata ibu bapanya: Ia sudah akil balig, tanyalah dia sendiri. |
| Italian | Per questo i suoi genitori dissero: «Ha l'età, chiedetelo a lui!». |
| Maori | Koia ona matua i mea ai, he kaumatua ia; ui atu ki a ia. |
| Norwegian | derfor sa hans foreldre: Han er gammel nok; spør ham selv! |
| Portuguese | Por isso é que seus pais disseram: Tem idade, perguntai-lho a ele mesmo. |
| Rumanian | De aceea au zis pqrinyii lui: ,,Este kn vkrstq, kntrebayi -l pe el.`` |
| Russian | рПУЕНХ-ФП ТПДЙФЕМЙ ЕЗП Й УЛБЪБМЙ: ПО Ч УПЧЕТЫЕООЩИ МЕФБИ; УБНПЗП УРТПУЙФЕ. |
| Shuar | Nu asamtai ni Aparí "Niisha uuntchakait, nii aniastarum" tiarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Ndiyo maana wazazi wake walisema: "Yeye ni mtu mzima, mwulizeni." |
| Swedish | Därför var det som hans föräldrar sade: "Han är gammal nog; frågen honom själv." |
| Uma | Toe pai' totu'a-na mpo'uli': "Kama-imi-hawo, pekune' -ki hi'a moto-mi-koiwo." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "age": aged, agedly, agedness, agednesses, agee, ageing, ageings, ageism, ageisms, ageist, ageists, ageless, agelessly, agelessness, agelessnesses, agelong, agencies, agency, agenda, agendaless, agendas, agendum, agendums, agene, agenes, ageneses, agenesia, agenesias, agenesis, agenetic, agenize, agenized, agenizes, agenizing, agent, agential, agenting, agentings, agentive, agentives, agentries, agentry, agents, ager, ageratum, ageratums, agers, ages. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "age": acreage, adage, advantage, afterimage, agiotage, alienage, ambage, amperage, anchorage, anecdotage, anlage, apanage, appanage, appendage, arbitrage, arrearage, assemblage, assuage, asswage, average, backstage, bacteriophage, badinage, baggage, bandage, baronage, baronetage, barrage, barrelage, beverage, birdcage, blindage, blockage, bondage, borage, boscage, boskage, brakeage, brassage, breakage, brewage, bricolage, brigandage, brockage, brokage, brokerage, bulkage, buoyage, burgage, cabbage, cabotage. (additional references) | |
Words containing "age": acreages, adages, advantaged, advantageous, advantageously, advantageousness, advantageousnesses, advantages, afterimages, agiotages, alienages, almagest, almagests, ambages, amperages, anageneses, anagenesis, anchorages, anecdotages, anlagen, anlages, antimanagement, antimanagements, apanages, appanages, appendages, arbitraged, arbitrager, arbitragers, arbitrages, arbitrageur, arbitrageurs, arrearages, assemblages, assuaged, assuagement, assuagements, assuages, asswaged, asswages, averaged, averagely, averageness, averagenesses, averages, bacteriophages, badinaged, badinages, bagel, bagels, baggages. (additional references) | |
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"Age" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aae, aag, aage, abe, abep, abev, Acg, acgm, adge, ae, aeg, aega, Aegae, aego, Aej, aeo, aev, afe, afee, Afej, afew, afex, afg, Afgie, agae, Agah, agam, agao, agaw, agaz, Agde, agea, agee, agef, agem, aget, agg, agga, aggy, agh, aghen, agi, agie, Agim, agj, agl, agle, agn, agoe, agp, agr, agre, ags, agu, agum, agv, agw, Agwi, agy, ahe, aie, aig, aige, Aigu, aje, ajen, ajet, ajeu, ajew, ajex, Aji, ajo, Ajoe, aju, akg, alge, algee, algen, Algeo, ame, amg, ange, angen, angeo, anget, angwe, Aoe, Apg, arge, argi, ase, atgo, aue, auga, auge, Augee, avea, aveb, avee, avem, aveo, avex, avey, avg, aze, azef, Azem, Cgce, cge, Dagoe, Ege, egee, egi, egoe, enge, Euge, gae, ga-ee, gaef, Gge, hge, ige, igem, Igen, igo, igu, Jagoe, Kaige, mge, Nghe, oge, ogge, ogi, Oige, Qgi, Uga, uge, ugey, Ugi, ugo, Wge, yage, zage. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "age" (pronounced ā"j) |
| 2 | ā" j | assuage, backstage, cage, disengage, engage, enrage, Gage, gauge, offstage, onstage, page, rage, restage, sage, stage, upstage, wage. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gae. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g" | |
-1 letter: ae, ag. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g" | |
+1 letter: aged, agee, ager, ages, ague, cage, egad, egal, gaed, gaen, gaes, gage, gale, game, gane, gape, gate, gave, gaze, gear, geta, mage, page, peag, rage, sage, wage. | |
+2 letters: adage, aegis, agape, agate, agave, agaze, agene, agent, agers, agger, aggie, agile, aglee, aglet, agley, agone, agree, agues, algae, angel, anger, angle, argle, argue, auger, badge, bagel, barge, began, begat, belga, cadge, caged, cager, cages, cagey, degas, eager, eagle, eagre, egads, eggar, fadge, gable, gaffe, gaged, gager, gages, galea, gales, gambe, gamed, gamer, games, gamey, ganef, ganev, gaped, gaper, gapes, gases, gated, gates, gauge, gauze, gavel, gayer, gazed, gazer, gazes, gears, gemma, genoa, genua, gerah, getas, glace, glade, glare, glaze, gleam, glean, gleba, grace, grade, grape, grate, grave, graze, great, image, jager, lager, large, legal, mages, mange, marge, omega, paged, pager, pages, parge, peage, peags, phage, plage, raged, ragee, rages, range, regal, regma, regna, retag, rugae, sager, sages, sarge, stage, swage, targe, tegua, terga, togae, usage, vague, vegan, waged, wager, wages, yager. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Frequency 18. Names: Derived from 19. Expressions 20. Expressions: Internet | 21. Translations: Modern 22. Translations: Ancient 23. Bible Trace 24. Abbreviations | 25. Acronyms 26. Derivations 27. Rhymes 28. Anagrams | 29. Bibliography |
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